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How does this work?
There are many ways to search the collections of the Freedom Archives. Below is a brief guide that will help you conduct effective searches. Note, anytime you search for anything in the Freedom Archives, the first results that appear will be our digitized items. Information for items that have yet to be scanned or yet to be digitized can still be viewed, but only by clicking on the show link that will display the hidden (non-digitized) items. If you are interested in accessing these non-digitized materials, please email info@freedomarchives.org.
Exploring the Collections without the Search Bar
Under the heading Browse By Collection, you’ll notice most of the Freedom Archives’ major collections. These collections have an image as well as a short description of what you’ll find in that collection. Click on that image to instantly explore that specific collection.
Basic Searching
You can always type what you’re looking for into the search bar. Certain searches may generate hundreds of results, so sometimes it will help to use quotation marks to help narrow down your results. For instance, searching for the phrase Black Liberation will generate all of our holdings that contain the words Black and Liberation, while searching for “Black Liberation” (in quotation marks) will only generate our records that have those two words next to each other.
Advanced Searching
The Freedom Archives search site also understands Boolean search logic. Click on this link for a brief tutorial on how to use Boolean search logic. Our search function also understands “fuzzy searches.” Fuzzy searches utilize the (*) and will find matches even when users misspell words or enter in only partial words for the search. For example, searching for liber* will produce results for liberation/liberate/liberates/etc.
Keyword Searches
You’ll notice that under the heading KEYWORDS, there are a number of words, phrases or names that describe content. Sometimes these are also called “tags.” Clicking on these words is essentially the same as conducting a basic search.

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Central America Activists: Support the Resistance Conspiracy Case Central America Activists: Support the Resistance Conspiracy Case
Publisher: Washington Area Committee for Prisoners' RightsFormat: PamphletCollection: Resistance Conspiracy
Pamphlet giving background information on the Resistance Conspiracy Case and its connections to Central American resistance movements.
Pelican Bay State Prison Pelican Bay State Prison
Publisher: Pelican Bay Information ProjectFormat: PamphletCollection: Pelican Bay
Prison Action News Prison Action News
Publisher: Anarchist Black CrossYear: 2014Volume Number: Vol. 7-1 FebruaryFormat: PamphletCollection: Anarchist Black Cross (ABC)
Table of Contents: New Prison Groups and Programs; Prison Group Updates; The Almighty Pen and Paper: Grievances and Legal Work; Direct Action/ Non-Compliance; Solidarity: Working Across the Bars; Commentary and Calls to Action
War in Amerika, 1981: Fight White Supremacy, Support the Black Liberation Army War in Amerika, 1981: Fight White Supremacy, Support the Black Liberation Army
Publisher: May 19th Communist OrganizationYear: 1981Format: PamphletCollection: May 19th Communist Organization
A Poem for the Mothers and Children in Atlanta; Solidarity Statement from May 19th Communist Organization, New Afrikan Freedom Fighters Day, July 18, 1981.
Pelican Bay State Prison Pelican Bay State Prison
Publisher: Pelican Bay Information ProjectFormat: PamphletCollection: Pelican Bay
American Steel Jobs and South Africa American Steel Jobs and South Africa
Authors: Carole Collins, Kevin Danaher, Frank Mont, Melissa Pullins, Jean Sindab, Kenneth ZinnPublisher: United Steelworkers of America and the Washington Office on Africa Educational FundDate: 9/1984Volume Number: SeptemberFormat: PamphletCollection: Anti-Apartheid Solidarity
"How U.S. support for South Africa affects your community
Come to South Africa Where You Can Expect the Unexpected Come to South Africa Where You Can Expect the Unexpected
Publisher: Campaign to Shut Down South African AirwaysFormat: PamphletCollection: Anti-Apartheid Solidarity
Calling to support to build the campaign against South African Airways
Demonstrate! Shut Down South African Airways Demonstrate! Shut Down South African Airways
Publisher: Freedom Rising! Africa Solidarity CommitteeDate: 3/13/1985Volume Number: 13-MarFormat: PamphletCollection: Anti-Apartheid Solidarity
Calls for demonstration to shut down South African Airways
Arms and the Woman Arms and the Woman
Author: Jeanne CharlesPublisher: Bureau of Public SecretsDate: 6/1975Volume Number: June Format: PamphletCollection: Feminist and Lesbian Politics: Monographs-Periodicals-Articles
Short essay on revolutionary women. Originally entitled La critique ad mulierem, from the Chronique des Secrets Publics (Vol. 1 June 1975). Translated by Ken Knabb.
Support the NAPO Centers for Black Survival Support the NAPO Centers for Black Survival
Publisher: New Afrikan People's OrganizationFormat: PamphletCollection: New Afrikan People's Organization
A pamphlet about day to day survival programs at the Centers already established in Los Angeles, Detroit, and the newest center in Atlanta.